{"id":1528,"date":"2017-01-17T10:37:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/picknotebook.com\/blog\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2018-05-27T11:44:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T17:44:08","slug":"top-film-editing-laptops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picknotebook.com\/blog\/top-film-editing-laptops\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Laptops for Film Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n No time to waste, let’s just jump straight to what you need in a film editing laptop and what you don’t. Or you could scroll to the bottom of this guide and see what are the best laptops for film editing that I’d recommend.\n<\/p>\n
\n Here we go!\n<\/p>\n
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\n Processor is the cornerstone of a film editing laptop<\/strong>. If there’s one thing you get out of this guide – make sure you’re getting a high-end processor<\/strong>. Unlike RAM or storage – you will not be able to change it. So make sure you’re getting one that will be up-to-date for the next 3 years or more. The good news is that processors are not getting that much faster year-to-year. I know, it doesn’t sound good, but in a way – it is. That means, that if you get a top of the line CPU this year – it still will be a good processor for years to come.\n<\/p>\n \n If you have an unlimited budget – you can buy a laptop with Xeon processor and Error Correcting Memory support. ECC memory self-corrects to prevent errors in memory. It can be useful for looong renders during crunch time. But at the very cheapest, a laptop with a mobile Xeon CPU (Xeon E3-1505M) costs ~$1,700. But usually, a well-rounded laptop with Intel Xeon processor costs ~$2,500.\n<\/p>\n \n Look for i7 H line of processors. If you can spend over $2000 – look for Xeon E3-1535M v5\/v6.\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \n OK, you’re all aboard the SSD train and you’d like to get a large drive.\n<\/p>\n \n SSDs are more reliable, a lot faster but significantly more expensive. I recommend getting at least 128-256 GB SSD for Windows and your editing software (Premiere<\/a>, Vegas<\/a>, After Effects, etc). On top of that, you should get 1TB HDD.\n<\/p>\n \n Ideal case would be having a large 500 – 1000 GB SSD, so you can store (a significant part of) your footage in a fast drive. Though, these large SSDs start only from ~$1,500.\n<\/p>\n \n Everyone knows video editing is a graphics heavy work. I recommend considering cards from NVIDIA and AMD Graphics. Under $1,500, you should expect cards such as 960M, 970M and GTX 1050. Above $1,000, look for GTX 1060\/1070\/1080.\n<\/p>\n \n At the same time, you don’t always need a top shelf GPU<\/strong>. Nvidia Pascal cards (that is, all GTX 10xx cards) are very close to desktop performance. At the same time, laptop CPUs are quite far behind their desktop counterparts. So in short, a high-end GPU is almost never likely to be a bottleneck and therefore, it’s not necessary.\n<\/p>\nXeon and ECC memory<\/h4>\n
Recommended laptop processors for film editing<\/h4>\n
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Storage<\/span><\/h3>\n
Graphics Card<\/span><\/h3>\n